Tim and Satish,
At the top of the GetOptions() documentation is the statement that it is
for _options_, things that may or may not be included on the command line.
The = merely says that _if_ the optional argument was specified, it needs
to have a value.
Merrill
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Hello Satish,
> I am trying to use Getopt::Long. I wrote a simple
> script and testing it. Why is the script running
> without me having to specify any arguments? I thought
> the = was so that the option is mandatory but it is
> not working that way. I am
> hoping that it will not run (so tha
Hi:
I am trying to use Getopt::Long. I wrote a simple
script and testing it. Why is the script running
without me having to specify any arguments? I thought
the = was so that the option is mandatory but it is
not working that way. I am
hoping that it will not run (so that when user runs it
wit